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Linguistics 401--Introduction to General Phonetics
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chilin Shih, Brent Henderson Speaker: Esther Lisanza |
| [b] | [b] | bidii | effort | shaba | copper | mbuzi | goat | bila | without | bubu | mute |
| [d] | [d] | dawa | medicine | bado | not | ndege | bird | kondoo | sheep | dede | surprised |
| [f] | [f] | fujo | chaos | kufa | to | mfano | example | halafu | after | fifia | disappear |
| [g] | [g] | geuzo | change | kidogo | small | ngoma | drum | rungu | cudgel | genge | cliff |
| [h] | [h] | hasa | especially | mihadi | appointment | mhogo | cassava | mahali | place | hapa | here |
| [j] | [dʒ] | joto | hot | moja | one | njia | way | mjanja | clever | jioni | evening |
| [k] | [k] | kamba | crab | haki | justice | mkate | bread | kiko | elbow | mkeka | mat |
| [l] | [l] | labda | perhaps | swala | antelope | mlango | door | leo | today | lulu | pearl |
| [m] | [m] | meno | teeth | kama | if | mwaka | year | mmea | plant | mimi | me |
| [n] | [n] | nipe | give | sana | very | nuko | smell | nne | four | nini | what |
| [p] | [p] | pamba | cotton | mapafu | lungs | mpango | plan | pipi | candy | punda | donkey |
| [r] | [r] | rais | president | barafu | ice | mrefu | tall | kura | vote | ruka | Jump! |
| [s] | [s] | siku | day | ghasia | confusion | staka | sandals | nso | kidney | siasa | politics |
| [t] | [t] | tarehe | date | tukio | event | mtoto | child | binti | daughter | tatu | third |
| [v] | [v] | viazi | potatoes | kivuli | shadow | mvua | rain | hivyo | those | vuvia | Blow! |
| [z] | [z] | zaidi | more | ndizi | bananas | nzito | heavy | mzuzu | fool | zoezi | exercise |
| [ch] | [tʃ] | chuo | college | macho | eyes | nchi | country | chache | few | mchoro | drawing |
| [dh] | [ð] | dhana | idea | kadha | several | mdhana | bad | radhi | apology | dhambi | sin |
| [gh] | [g,R] | ghafla | suddenly | lugha | language | shughuli | business | ghafi | raw | mghani | singer |
| [ng'] | [ŋ] | ng'ombe | cow | nong'ona | Whisper! | nyang'anya | Steal! | ng'ong'a | Buzz! | ng'ondi | ram |
| [ny] | [ɲ] | nyoka | snake | panya | rat | nyinyi | you | mnyama | animal | nyayo | footprints |
| [sh] | [ʃ] | shaka | doubt | mwisho | final | mshamba | farmer | shauri | plan | kasheshe | chaos |
| [th] | [θ] | thumu | garlic | hadithi | story | theluji | snow | thamani | price | thabiti | firm |